From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>, Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 5.10.y 2/5] take the guts of file-to-pipe splice into a helper function
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2026 11:19:53 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261111161949.3187571-2-sashal@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261111161949.3187571-1-sashal@kernel.org>
From: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
[ Upstream commit faa97c48c33454ac0107db930a491b692dd1dff1 ]
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Stable-dep-of: 79b496ebe382 ("splice: avoid stale f_pos writeback on error")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
fs/splice.c | 25 ++++++++++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/splice.c b/fs/splice.c
index 070b192b56386..8237ed720a35f 100644
--- a/fs/splice.c
+++ b/fs/splice.c
@@ -1005,6 +1005,23 @@ static int splice_pipe_to_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *ipipe,
struct pipe_inode_info *opipe,
size_t len, unsigned int flags);
+static long splice_file_to_pipe(struct file *in,
+ struct pipe_inode_info *opipe,
+ loff_t *offset,
+ size_t len, unsigned int flags)
+{
+ long ret;
+
+ pipe_lock(opipe);
+ ret = wait_for_space(opipe, flags);
+ if (!ret)
+ ret = do_splice_to(in, offset, opipe, len, flags);
+ pipe_unlock(opipe);
+ if (ret > 0)
+ wakeup_pipe_readers(opipe);
+ return ret;
+}
+
/*
* Determine where to splice to/from.
*/
@@ -1084,13 +1101,7 @@ long do_splice(struct file *in, loff_t *off_in, struct file *out,
if (out->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK)
flags |= SPLICE_F_NONBLOCK;
- pipe_lock(opipe);
- ret = wait_for_space(opipe, flags);
- if (!ret)
- ret = do_splice_to(in, &offset, opipe, len, flags);
- pipe_unlock(opipe);
- if (ret > 0)
- wakeup_pipe_readers(opipe);
+ ret = splice_file_to_pipe(in, opipe, &offset, len, flags);
if (!off_in)
in->f_pos = offset;
else
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-11-11 16:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-07 11:31 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] splice: avoid stale f_pos writeback on error" failed to apply to 5.10-stable tree Sasha Levin
2026-11-11 16:19 ` [PATCH 5.10.y 1/5] do_splice_to(): move the logics for limiting the read length in Sasha Levin
2026-11-11 16:19 ` Sasha Levin [this message]
2026-11-11 16:19 ` [PATCH 5.10.y 3/5] splice: report related fsnotify events Sasha Levin
2026-11-11 16:19 ` [PATCH 5.10.y 4/5] splice: always fsnotify_access(in), fsnotify_modify(out) on success Sasha Levin
2026-11-11 16:19 ` [PATCH 5.10.y 5/5] splice: avoid stale f_pos writeback on error Sasha Levin
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